The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Commercial Traveller Fleeces a TRAY
eler Out of $5oO-A Madison County
Merchant Sells Out His Mortgaged
Stock Of Goods and Departs.
A street railroad is to be built from Gov
ington to Oxford.
An extensive canning factory will be es
tablished in Griffin next summer.
Green Gilbert's baby, which fell into a
bucket of hot paste at Americas last Satur-
day, was so badly scalded that it died from
the effects Saturday night.
Jesup Sentinel We came down the road
Sunday, and an opera troupe known as the
Devils Aucti n" was aboard, and, in our
opinion, he would have to be sharp auc-
tioneer to auction off any of the crowd.
Gibson Enterprise The day the Thomas
Land property was sold the weather was
very cold, but horse trader gave his horse
and the coat from off his back to Arch
Newsome for a mule. This is hard to beat.
General Manager Belknap, of the Central
railroad, offers to give the Montezuma fire
company $500 toward paying for 900 feet of
good rubber hose, or one-third of a less
number of feet than 800. The Council de
cided to buy 800 feet, and are now in CORE
spondence with the manufacturers.
A private letter received in Macon Tues
day from Beauvoir, Miss, states that the
condition of Hon. jefferson Davis is much
improved. The old wound in his foot, re-
ceived in the Mexican war, no longer gives
him so much pain, and the old chief has inn
proved great deal in health since his visit
to Macon.
At Eastman a petition is in circulation
for another election under the provisions of
the local option law, to take place Feb: l.
next. The last election was held on Dec.
81 1885, and resulted against the sale"
Because of the municipal elections in East
man and Chauncey in January, the cleo
tibn is postponed until February.
While several little boys We're playing
around the cotton on the Platform of the
Sandersville and Tennile railroad at San
dersville, one of them about years old,
thoughtlessly stuck lighted match to one
of the bales where it had been sampled.
Eighteen bales were damaged. The bucket
brigade did some good work. The loss is
estimated at about $500.
Athens Bonner Waterman: Mr.. Vince
Sanford was in the city yesterday, and is
said to be the finest shot in the State. He
rides horseback while hunting, and as soon
as a covey of birds is flushed he puts his
horse in a full run and shoots as he runs,
killing on both sides. Mr. Sanford is
always the first man with the hounds in a
fox chase, and Is always at the killing.
D. n. Willingham, who, as alleged, while
intoxicated lost $3.50 hast week at a saloon in
Gordon county, has not been able yet to re-
cover either the amount or find any clew
Mr.. Hudgins, of the firm of Hudgins &
Tally, map publishers, Atlanta, for whom
Mr.. Willingham was agent, arrived at
Adairsville to investigate matters, but as
yet has not been able to make auy progress
toward recovering the amount stolen from
his agent. He has procured a sharp lawyer
and will ferret out the whole thing.
A novel reunion is to be held in Dalton
the first week in next July. All the Dalton
boys who are living abroad propose TO visit
the old town again and have jolly week of
it. They number near $50 S. w. Farms
worth is the general secretary at Dalton.
G. S. Pruden, Rome; Frank T. Reynolds,
Atlanta F. o. Trevitt, Birmingham, and
d. A. Walker, Benjamin, Tex, are the cor
responding secretaries who are kept &C
qnainted with the particulars of the affair.
The young ladies propose doing the same.
Mrs H. c. Babcock, Mrs. James Heron,
Misses Lily Cappes, Ida Stafford and Dolly
Lewis have the matter in charge, and this
of itself assures the success Phillips
Legion also holds its reunion there at the
same time.
John W. Smith, who has been selling
goods in the upper part of Madison county,
went to Lexington last week on a trading
expedition. After selling out his horses, he
took the train at Crawford and left for
parts unknown, He had disposed of all the
goods in his store, even to his iron safe, so
rumor says, and had pocketed all the cash
he could get, amounting to several hundred
dollars. He was considerably in debt,
heavily mortgaged, and it is thought left
owing something in Athens and Harmony
Err0VQ IN
nothing of his intention to skip and his
wife was in Danielsville Saturday to see if
she could not secure the property by home
stead or otherwise.
A few days ago committee was appoint
ed by the Demosthenian society of the Uni
versity at Athens to notify Hon. jefferson
Davis OF his election as honorary member.
Messrs. j. d. Little, H. Hyman, and c. r.
Warren composed the committee, and on
Friday last received the following letter
from Mr.. Davis: "Beauvoir, Miss, Nov. 10.
loS7.-Gentlemen l accept with pleasure
the honorary membership of the Demos
thenian literary society of the University
of Georgia which you have kindly conferred
upon me. With thanks for the honor you
have conferred and best wishes for you and
your associates. | am, faithfully YOURS.
Jefferson Davis" The society has had this
letter nicely framed, and hung in a con-
spicuous place in their hall
f. Flynn, one of the party of English CAPT.
talists who has recently purchased Port
Royal, mas been in Augusta the past day or
two, and has made known his plans. He
bought in all :, 900 acres including the en-
tire water front and the best portion of the
island around. He sails on Saturday for
England, where he will conclude his ar
engagements with other capitalists as to the
developments of the port. Upon his return
he will Immediately build up wharves and
warehouses, will establish banks and put on
direct line of steamers between there and
Liverpool. He has made arrangements with
the large exporting houses of Chicago, in
Guiding Armour & Co., TO ship their goods
via Port Royal, which will then be the
cheapest line 1t is his object to either
build double track railroad from Augusta
to Port Royal, or to buy the present road
and add another track.
Hon. James Dougherty, United States Con-
gresham from Florida, owns considerable
mineral and farming lands in Walker and
Catoosa counties. He has been there for
several months looking after his interests
and buying more lands. In Catoosa county
there is very strict Sunday law, which is
rigidly enforced. The Congressman, in his
anxiety to have his cotton crop gathered
permitted some of his hands to work on
Sunday, and day or two afterward he was
arrested for violating the Sunday law. His
aged mother, who is very pious, insisted